To what extent, and in what ways, does Shakespearean tragedy incorporate and/or modify the conventions of revenge tragedy?
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British
| Author: | Sonja Kaupp | ISBN: | 9783656029786 |
| Publisher: | GRIN Verlag | Publication: | October 17, 2011 |
| Imprint: | GRIN Verlag | Language: | English |
| Author: | Sonja Kaupp |
| ISBN: | 9783656029786 |
| Publisher: | GRIN Verlag |
| Publication: | October 17, 2011 |
| Imprint: | GRIN Verlag |
| Language: | English |
Essay from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Sheffield (School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics), course: Shakespeare's Drama, language: English, abstract: To answer this question, this essay will focus on the play in its context first: How did the Elizabethan society think about vendetta, and which typical revenge tragedies did they already know? What were the main features of the typical revenge tragedy? In the second part I want to examine to what extent Shakespeare adhered to these genre conventions and what he changed.
Essay from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Sheffield (School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics), course: Shakespeare's Drama, language: English, abstract: To answer this question, this essay will focus on the play in its context first: How did the Elizabethan society think about vendetta, and which typical revenge tragedies did they already know? What were the main features of the typical revenge tragedy? In the second part I want to examine to what extent Shakespeare adhered to these genre conventions and what he changed.
